A trustworthy Retro Tower Defense trait list must be copied from the current in-game roll interface, not reconstructed from another tower-defense game. Public first-party materials do not provide a complete trait table or permanent percentages. Community reports place the trait interaction at Wanda near the Summon area, but the location, currency, names, and effects all need a live check after updates.
What belongs in the list
Create one row for every trait currently visible in the interface. Record the exact name, full effect text, displayed rarity or probability, eligible tower restrictions, whether the trait can repeat, and the date. If the UI shows several effect lines, preserve them separately instead of compressing them into a vague “damage boost.”
Leave a field blank when it is not shown. Do not calculate a probability from a colored border, infer a maximum roll from screenshots, or borrow names because the icons look familiar. An incomplete verified list is safer than a complete fictional one.
Classify effects by the job they change
Sort each live trait into practical effect families: attack output, speed or cooldown, range, economy, targeting, support radius, ability behavior, placement limit, or mixed. Then connect the effect to the tower’s primary role.
A range effect can be valuable on a placement that gains a second pass over the lane, yet irrelevant on a tile already covering the whole useful path. An attack-speed effect can improve sustained damage but may interact differently with delayed abilities. An economy effect should be judged by when it repays its opportunity cost, not by the size of the tooltip alone.
Record multiplicative details carefully
Percentage wording is easy to misread. “Cooldown reduced” is not automatically identical to “attack rate increased,” and a displayed rounded number may not reveal the internal order of operations. Test the before-and-after live card or measure several attacks over a long enough interval.
If a trait modifies multiple values, record each one and avoid adding percentages into a made-up total. Note whether the interface updates the tower card immediately, only inside a match, or only after placement. Label any derived measurement as Tested rather than Official UI text.
Trait evidence levels
Use four labels. In-game verified means the exact name and effect were read from the current interface. Tested means a repeatable match comparison supports the behavior. Community reported is a lead from a guide or discussion that has not been reproduced. Stale means the wording or probability came from an older version and no longer matches.
Screenshots are useful evidence only when they show the game identity, trait name, effect, and date context. Cropped trait cards without a version should stay in the research queue.
Keep tower and trait versions together
Record the tower’s exact tier or path when testing. The same trait may produce a different practical result on a cheap opener, a slow boss attacker, or a support unit. It is not enough to say that a trait is “best” without naming the job and tower version.
Before rerolling, save the current trait, the currency balance, the replacement result, and whether the UI asked for confirmation. This creates an audit trail and helps distinguish a real probability pattern from a short lucky or unlucky streak.
A safe working table
For every live entry, capture:
- Trait name and exact displayed description.
- Displayed rarity or chance, if any.
- Eligible tower and tier.
- Before-and-after card values.
- Match behavior and conditions tested.
- Reroll resource and cost shown at that moment.
- Evidence label and UTC date.
This structure remains useful even when a patch adds, removes, or rebalances traits. Old rows can be retained as dated history instead of silently blended with current values.
Where to go next
Use Best Traits to match verified effects to tower roles, then follow the Reroll Guide before replacing a usable roll. Consult the Tower List first if you cannot yet explain what job the tower performs.
Confidence: the game and tower progression context are Official. Wanda’s location is Community reported. The complete live names, probabilities, effects, costs, and restrictions need in-game verification; this page deliberately does not invent them.